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How to Defend from Nine? Dora’s New BlazBlue: Central Fiction Lesson Covers the Matchup

BlazBlue: Central Fiction’s Nine the Phantom is a domineering witch who’s deceptively easy to use. Her straightforward normal attacks seem to cover nearly half the screen, and getting hit or blocking opens up her spellbook of magical pressure. Add confusing teleporting movement on top of that, and it’s no wonder that Nine is considered one of the stronger characters in BlazBlue tier lists.

To combat this witch, Dora_Bang is back at it with a new video (subtitled “Beat LordKnight!”) that explores a few strategies to outsmart Nine players. The first tip is to use Barrier against her normals to push her back, which limits her mix-up options somewhat, since she won’t be able to hit with the sweep, 3C. If you block Kunzite, the infamous “Rock,” there’s an opportunity to backdash after. As for the corner, Nine may opt to use her normals to keep the opponent from jumping out, so utilizing reversal moves can pay off. Furthermore, activating Overdrive and Overdrive Raid in general work on her pretty well.

The rest of his video, over on Openrec.tv, talks about another kind of setplay and explains a few important things about her movement that should be very helpful in the neutral state. Dora’s previous lesson covers a few defensive tricks in BlazBlue: Central Fiction.

He also brings up the voting process for the Arc System Works Fighting Game Award, with specific instructions on how to vote for him.

Source: Openrec.tv

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Vainglory – Taking the Mobile MOBA Into Esports

Vainglory remains one of the most popular MOBAs on the mobile market and this week they are working towards making even bigger strides in esports. We spoke to Kris Segerstrale about the inroads the company is making with Twitch and other partners to create a strong esports league which will host games globally for players. While many of the big PC MOBAs already have leagues in place, Vainglory is making these moves in the mobile market.

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Vainglory – Team Franchise Program Coming in 2017

Super Evil Megacorp has announced that it will be introducing the Vainglory Team Franchise program in 2017. The company will work with teams from around the world and share revenue. According to the press announcement, this will “ensure a healthy esports ecosystem”.

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Razer Announces the Panthera: Their New Arcade Stick for the PlayStation 4

After months of speculation and prototype sightings in the wild, Razer has finally officially unveiled their new arcade stick. Called the Panthera, this new arcade stick represents Razer’s second ever PlayStation controller (following the Raiju game pad) and their first arcade stick for Sony’s console.

As we’ve already seen from the prototypes that Razer’s players have been testing at tournaments, the Panthera shares the basic shape of their previous stick, the Atrox. New to the Panthera is a larger, center mounted control section featuring a touchpad as well as L3 and R3 buttons. Aside from the PlayStation 4, the Panthera is also compatible with the PlayStation 3 and PC.

Razer has released the following images of the Panthera as well as these statements from their sponsored players Lee “Infiltration” Seon-woo and Ho Kun Xian.

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Source: Razer